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Student Activists Flyer at Chamber of Commerce Dinner | Print |  E-mail
Written by Elizabeth Limbach   
Monday, 17 November 2008

UC Santa Cruz student activists were there to greet city leaders and business owners as they walked in to the 88th annual Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Recognition Dinner at Cocoanut Grove on Friday, Nov. 14. The students were representatives of the Student Worker Coalition for Justice, a campus organization that continues to fight the UC for “systematically exploiting its workers.” The City of Santa Cruz and UCSC were awarded Organizations of the Year for their unprecedented collaborative efforts – notably for settling the school’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) earlier this year. The small crowd of students and workers who gathered at the event hoped to counter the positive award with a more somber reminder of unfair wages. They passed out fliers to suit-and-tie event goers, including UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal, bearing messages such as, “Other California colleges and hospitals pay family sustaining wages. Why won’t the University of California?”

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Chancellor George Blumenthal pauses to listen to student activists.
 

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Thank you Elizabeth for exposing this on going struggle up on the hill. It is sad that the University of California received an award for organization of the year while it has continuously failed to provide the service workers living wages. 96% percent of service workers on campus qualify for government programs such as food stamps. The fact that this is ignored tells us something about the priorities of the University and they should be held accountable. Let us not forget the people who make the lives of students and other Santa Cruzians easier. Service workers are the foundation of our economy and community and a fair contract should be settled immediately.
R.G. , November 18, 2008

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